European Parliament rapporteur quits in Acta protest
Found on BBC News on Friday, 27 January 2012
Kader Arif, the European Parliament's rapporteur for the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (Acta), resigned over the issue on Friday.
"I condemn the whole process which led to the signature of this agreement: no consultation of the civil society, lack of transparency since the beginning of negotiations, repeated delays of the signature of the text without any explanation given, reject of Parliament's recommendations as given in several resolutions of our assembly."
"However, everything is made to prevent the European Parliament from having its say in this matter. I want to send a strong signal and alert the public opinion about this unacceptable situation. I will not take part in this masquerade."
Looks like there still are politicans who have the guts to stand up instead of bending over. Right now it's said that ACTA is to fight Internet piracy; yet the ridiculous claims of losses are known lies, as well as the job losses caused by filesharing. It will be used for censorship, and over time its power will increase, allowing more and more censoring. Piracy is just the puppet for it's introduction.